SATOSHI ŌMURA MUSEUM
A new, dynamic forum for academics, culture, and art

Prof. Satoshi Ōmura, a 1958 graduate of the University of Yamanashi’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences (now the Faculty of Education) won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in December 2015.

In commemoration of that monumental achievement, the University of Yamanashi created the Satoshi Ōmura Memorial Scholarship Fund and established the Satoshi Ōmura Museum to honor Dr. Ōmura’s tremendous accomplishments and preserve his legacy for future generations.

The entrance to the Satoshi Ōmura Museum, which abuts Takeda-dōri on its way to Takeda Shrine, features a unique, compelling design that invokes the octagonal, three-story structure of the second Kitenkan—a branch of the Shōheikō (a state-run school under the Edo shogunate) that would later go on to become the Faculty of Education at the University of Yamanashi.

The first floor of the museum houses several exhibit areas, showcasing not only a variety of valuable items relating to Prof. Ōmura’s Nobel Prize and academic triumphs but also a wealth of academic items and cultural pieces that offer revealing glimpses into the University of Yamanashi’s storied past. On the second floor, meanwhile, is Ōmura Hall : a space available to students, faculty, alumni, and the local community.

The University of Yamanashi is a “Center of Community,” a backbone institution for the entire region. That symbolic identity has taken on a deeper, richer significance with the creation of the Ōmura Museum, which represents a core hub for the community on a far-reaching scale, nurtures and showcases academic, cultural, and artistic endeavors, and symbolizes a new chapter in the history of the University of Yamanashi.

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